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Modelcar:The "center section" is the suspended truss span between the two cantilever arms.  The failure occurred in the design of the cantilever arms.  They were complete re-engineered (with a proper budget) using stresses that were within the capabilities of steel.  The suspended span of the 2nd bridge fell into the river during lifting into place due to a poor construction detail, not a design detail.  A new suspended span had to be fabricated and lifted into place.The bridge you are thinking of in Scotland that failed was the Firth of Tay Bridge, which was conventional truss spans on piers.  The engineer did not take proper consideration of wind loadings and the center spans blew off their piers one night, with an express train inside them.  The construction details were inadequate too, so the entire bridge was torn down and a new bridge constructed.S. Hadid
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